78
regrettably(adverb, sorrow, sadness, regret, sadly)
54
unhappily(adverb, sorrow, sadness, regret, sadly)
53
unluckily(adverb, sorrow, sadness, regret, sadly)
52
sadly(adverb, sorrow, sadness, regret, alas)
38
alas(adverb, interjection, sadly, oh, unhappily)
35
lamentably(adverb, sadly, unhappily, alas, unluckily)
27
regretfully(adverb, sorrow, sadness, unfortunate, regret)
24
disastrously(adverb, misfortune, sadly, adversely, alas)
23
miserably(adverb, badly, sadly, adversely, alas)
23
sad to say(expression, adverb, sad, misfortune, sadly)
23
grievously(adverb, sadly, unhappily, adversely, alas)
22
woefully(adverb, sorrow, sadness, regret, sadly)
22
dismally(adverb, badly, sadly, awfully, negatively)
16
worse luck(expression, adverb, informal, sorrow, sadness)
16
by ill luck(expression, idiom, adverb, sad, misfortune)
15
unfavorably(adverb, negative, unfavourable, adversely)
15
inopportunely(adverb, negatively, terribly, awkwardly, ineptly)
15
unsuccessfully(adverb, sadly, adversely, alas, unluckily)
14
horribly(adverb, badly, sadly, awfully, negatively)
13
sad to relate(expression, adverb, sadly, adversely, alas)
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